Nero Wolfe

As Nero and Archie set up housekeeping in Rome, they simultaneously investigate what turns out to be the pointless murder of a golfer via venom-spiked golf club.

Nero and Archie investigate the death at a party of a despondent 21-year old by champagne spiked with cyanide.

In Chinatown, a young necktie vendor witnesses a kidnapping and "hires" Nero and Archie to investigate.

During the war, a British officer was rescued by five men and he promised to pay them half of his fortune if they got him to safety; now a woman, the daughter of one of the rescuers, wants the officer, now an English Lord, to pay what he promised.

A young girl hires Nero Wolfe when her father is arrested for killing her lover, a famous chess player.

Nero Wolfe is approached by a wealthy businessman who wants an investigation of his daughter-in-law because he believes she is giving his confidential business information to his primary competitor.